Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Feb 2021 22:02:37 +0300 | From | Dan Carpenter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] staging: fix ignoring return value warning |
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On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 04:06:18PM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote: > Hi Dan, > > On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 04:45:17PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 05:23:28PM +0800, Youling Tang wrote: > > > Fix the below ignoring return value warning for device_reset. > > > > > > drivers/staging/mt7621-dma/mtk-hsdma.c:685:2: warning: ignoring return value > > > of function declared with 'warn_unused_result' attribute [-Wunused-result] > > > device_reset(&pdev->dev); > > > ^~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ > > > drivers/staging/ralink-gdma/ralink-gdma.c:836:2: warning: ignoring return value > > > of function declared with 'warn_unused_result' attribute [-Wunused-result] > > > device_reset(&pdev->dev); > > > ^~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > We can't really do this sort of fix without the hardware to test it. > > This could be the correct fix or perhaps switching to device_reset_optional() > > is the correct fix. We can't know unless we have the hardware to test. > > When device_reset() is the wrong function then adding a return value > check will turn this into a runtime error for those who have the > hardware which will hopefully trigger them to tell us why reset_device > is wrong for them. > At least for a staging driver I find this procedure opportune. >
That seems like sort of a jerk move... What's the rush? Someone will eventually be able to test this if we just wait around for a bit. Otherwise if no one has the hardware then eventually the driver will be deleted.
regards, dan carpenter
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